The Sun Crusher
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The Sun Crusher is one of the prototype superweapon designs to emerge from Maw installation. Each of its innovative features, from its molecular armour to its resonance torpedoes cost as much to develop as the original Death Star Superlaser. The Sun Crusher project was headed by Qwi Xux, who also contributed some of its design features.
The Sun Crusher superweapon consists of a very fast and heavily armed delivery system wedded with a very powerful ordinance -- modulated resonance torpedoes capable of destroying stars. The torpedo detonation triggers a chain reaction in the core of the target sun, igniting a supernova in even low mass stars. The resulting blast destroys the entire system over a period of several hours.
The Sun Crusher is equipped with nearly impregnable quantum armour so it can fulfil its mission without regard to the fleet that might be arrayed against it. The quantum-crystaline armour is made up of several layers of atoms which are attached as densely as possible, laminated on top of another thin film. The second film is just as tough as the primary armour, but "phase shifted" -- an experimental form of armour that provides tremendous protection. The armour is strong enough that the Sun Crusher has a good chance of surviving even if it gets caught in the blast radius of its own resonance torpedoes, as long as it is far enogh away from the exploding star to avoid the worst of the shockwave.
The ship is also highly manueverable and small enough to escape notice on many standard system-wide scans. It is lightly armed in the event that it encounters resistance -- eight small lasers provide 360 degree coverage.
In appearance, the Sun Crusher look somewhat like the long shard of a firefacet gem. The bottom of the long point carries a strange toroidal looking dish, which is the resonance torpedo transmitter. Its quantum armour reflects light in strange directions, making the craft appear to have been polished with slow light.
Sun Crusher
Craft:Sun Crusher Prototype
Type:Imperial Superweapon Protoype
Scale:Starfighter
Length:13.5 metres
Skill: 1, gunners:5
Crew Skill: Starfighter Piloting 4D, Starship Gunnery 4D
Cargo Capactiy:65 Kilograms
Consumables: 4 Days
Cost:Unique (Not For Sale)
Hyperdrive Multiplier:x1
Nav Computer:Limited to 3 jumps
Maneuverability:3D+2
Space:12
Atmosphere:450; 1300 kmh
Hull:50D
Shields:1D
Sensors:
Passive:30/0D
Scam:40/1D
Search:60/3D
Focus:4/3D+2
Weapons:
Eleven Resonance Torpedoes*
Fire Arc:Front
Scale:Capital
Skill:Starship Gunnery
Fire Control:2D
Space Range:1-5/30/45
Atmosphere Range:1-5/30/45 Km
Damage:4D+2
Five Laser Cannons
Fire Arc:1 turret, 1 left/front/right, 1 front/left/back, 1 left/back/right, 1 front/right/back
Skill:Starship Gunnery
Fire Control:2D
Space Range:1-5/10/25
Atmosphere Range:100-500/1/2.5 Km
Damage:4D
One Tractor Beam Projector
Fire Arc:Front
Skill:Starship Gunnery
Fire Control:4D
Space Range:1-5/15/30
Atmosphere Range: 2-10/30/60 Km
Damage:5D
*These stats describe the torpedo as used against a ship or other target. When fired into a star, the torpedoes sophisticated tracking system guarentees impact with a star, and its devestating impact on a star has very little to do with its explosive or kinetic power -- it simply triggers a chain reaction which ignites a supernova, detroying the star and anything in the system.